retrieval

(rĭ-trē'vəl)
n.

1. The act or process of retrieving.
2. Computer Science. The process of accessing information from memory or other storage devices.
3. The possibility of being retrieved or restored: lost possessions beyond retrieval.

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noun

The act of getting back or regaining: recoup, recovery, repossession. See get/lose.

Process of re-creating historic features, objects, and particularly landscapes to a former condition and appearance.

The mental process of recalling information from the long-term memory.

For a list of words related to retrieval, see:

• Memory and Data Storage - retrieval: accessing of data in storage

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - generhvervelse, genoprettelse

Nederlands (Dutch)
terugkrijgen, herstel

Français (French)
n. - (gén) récupération, recouvrement, (Comput) extraire

Deutsch (German)
n. - Rettung, Bergung, Wiedergutmachung, Wiedergewinnung, Abruf, Rückgriff

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ανάκτηση, επανάκτηση, επανόρθωση, αποζημίωση

Italiano (Italian)
recupero

Português (Portuguese)
n. - recuperação (f), resgate (m)

Русский (Russian)
возвращение, поиск, выборка

Español (Spanish)
n. - recuperación, reparación, rehabilitación

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - återvinnande, återställande

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
取回, 修补, 恢复

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 取回, 修補, 恢復

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 만회, 복구, 보상

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 回復, 修繕, 修正, 検索

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) استرداد, إسترجاع‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮חזרה, השבה, איחזור מידע, שליפה, תיקון‬

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